Dive Brief:
- More than a quarter of a million Chinese have U.S. student visas, making up 29% of foreign students studying in the United States.
- The number of Chinese students here is more than the number of students from Europe, South America, Africa, Australia, and elsewhere in North America combined.
- The proportion of foreign students from China has risen from 4% in 1997.
Dive Insight:
The data comes from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement report, which also breaks down which schools in the U.S. receive the most foreign students. The University of Southern California tops that list, with 26% of its students coming from abroad.